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The earliest iron-producing communities in the Lower Congo region of Central Africa : new insights from the Bu, Kindu and Mantsetsi sites [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In 2015 the KongoKing research project team excavated the Bu, Kindu and Mantsetsi sites situated in the Kongo-Central Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). All are part of the Kay Ladio Group.
Beeckman, Hans   +4 more
core   +1 more source

From Suazoid to folk pottery: pottery manufacturing traditions in a changing social and cultural environment on St. Lucia

open access: yesNWIG, 2004
Overview of pottery manufacturing traditions in St Lucia, placed within the island's cultural history from pre-Columbian times up to present Afro-Caribbean folk pottery.
Corinne L. Hofman, Alistair J. Bright
doaj  

Different models for the Neolithisation of Albania

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2014
According to the archaeological evidence, the Neolithisation process in Albania seems to have passed through three different phases, with chronological gaps between them.
Adem Bunguri
doaj   +1 more source

The Oldest Traces of Alcoholic Beverages in the Border Zone of the North and East European Plains

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Analysis of organic compounds preserved on pottery from the Bell Beaker community and the initial phase of the Trzciniec Cultural Sphere in the border zone of the Eastern and North European Plains was prompted by traces of alcoholic beverages found in contextually and formally analogous discoveries of more westerly provenance.
Dariusz Manasterski   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

John Hinchcliffe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This is a monograph on the designer-maker John Hinchcliffe and charts his work from textiles to ceramics. This was published to coincide with a major exhibtion of his work at the Crafts Study Centre.
Olding, Simon
core   +1 more source

Estakhr Project - Third preliminary report of the joint Mission of the Iranian center for archaeological research, the Parsa-Pasargadae research foundation and the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This report presents the preliminary results of the study of the pottery collected during the excavation campaign carried out in 2012 in the framework of the joint Iranian-Italian Archaeological Mission in Estakhr. The ceramic finds relate to a time span
Agnese, Fusaro   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Micrography and XRF Techniques to Investigate Protohistoric Gold Artifacts: The Case of Roca Vecchia (Lecce, Italy)

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Protohistoric gold findings from the archaeological site of Roca Vecchia (Melendugno, Lecce, Italy) are analyzed involving micrography and stratified XRF analysis. This exploitation allows to get a deeper insight into ancient gold manufacturing and wear processes adopted in the Southern Italian FBA.
Daniele Dell'Aquila   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Archaeometric Characterization of Submerged Sasanian Stucco From Ghaleh Guri, Western Iran

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Ghaleh Guri archaeological site, a late Sasanian site with a building complex dated to 591–628 ce, lies along an ancient road linking the western Zagros to Mesopotamia. Its architectural remains, adorned with stucco, faced annual river floods yet remained stable for centuries.
Atefeh Shekofteh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Semidiaphanam Tremuli Narcissuli Ideam Lacteam1: Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651–1708) and His Determined Search for the Porcelain Principle

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With this contribution, an attempt is being made to chart the timeline of the invention of the European hard‐paste porcelain based on historical documents. They were evaluated to trace the development lines from Tschirnhaus's early experiments with burning mirrors and lenses in the 1680s to finding ‘wax porcelain’ around 1694 to the ...
Robert B. Heimann
wiley   +1 more source

The Phoenician practice of adapting Greek drinking vessels (Skyphoi and Kotylai) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Over the past 25 years a lively debate has been going on as to the correct interpretation of the Phoenician / Punic adaptations (also termed ›copies‹) of Greek drinking vessels, in particular the skyphoi and the kotylai.
Docter, Roald
core  

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